Monday, November 01, 2010

Stocking flowers

Hello to all of you once again.Today I am here with some Trash to Treasuretype project.

I used a shoe box and cover it with

some bright coloured fabric,

and decorate it with some

stocking net flowers.

I love flowers, so I used them in any shape, fresh flowers cant be available every time and neither you hold them very long, so I used o make them with all possible material.

These flowers I made with stocking net, some colourful stamens, some easily bendable wire and off course to enhance the beautysome ribbons.

What do you say should I start from the shoe box covering, a little bit of description of how to do? Hmm, yes it is my shoe box.

I cut the fabric with the exceed size of box lid,I measure the fabric 1" more than the actual size of the box lid.And fold the corners as shown in the above picture to make a neat folding.A very useful tip is ... that I used to spray the fabric with the STARCH SPRAYthat make it crisp and easy to fold .

Now you can see how I fold the fabric inside the lid,I used Hot Glue Gun for this purpose instead of any glue.I t gives you much neat look and very quick to dry. I know it looks untidy...

Look at the picture below

I used another funky fabric to cover the inside of the box and lid as well and it gives it a very neat and happy look.

Stocking Flowers

Here are things which we need to make the flowersYou can see colourful stockings, bunches of different stamenscolourful wire, you can use simple wire too, only it should be easy to bend.What else you need is ...a normal sewing thread reel and a green floral tape.

Now you need the different sizes of round bottles

to make some circles.

Just wrap the wire around the bottle, twist the end

and leave around 3cm of twisted wire

and cut it.

Here you can see I used different bottles of different sizes,

I used green wire because they are for leaves.

Stretch softly stocking net around the wire, stretch it until you got a taut feeling.

Now bind it tightly from the thread.

Now we have many leaves of different colours and different sizes.

To give the a shape of leaf, you just stretch them a bit from the top of the circle and you got a desiredshape, them curved a little on the back and it gives your leaf a very natural shape.

Here you can see again the same thing but in different colours.Now we are going to make flowers, with the same procedure of making different sizes of circle.

After when you make circles of your desired colours for flowers,again you stretch them a bit and try to bend the over all edges of that circle to give your flower a natural look.Always remember that don't try to give each petal the same shape, because the same shapes are the product of machines not the NATURE.

SO BE WITH NATURE

Here I gathered stamens in a wire,this will not only hold the stamens perfectly but your flower will also bind very easily.One by one bind the petals around the stamens.

Now you havea four petal flower in this shape,tie it tightly with the thread.Again start to bind a next circle a bit lower to the first one.

As you finished the next round, your flower is ready.Tie again with the thread tightly and wrapped the floral tape around the complete wire to hide all the threads and untidiness.

Here are some finished flowers.I made some very easy flower for this tutorial,many other flowers can also be made with the stocking net like Calla Lily, Hibiscus, Tulip, Carnationand many many more.

Now I arranged all these flower and leaves on the lid of the box, I glued them with the hot glue gun.

Here it is the end result you have.

You can use it as a box for your sewing tools, put a potpourri and store your socks and stockings.

Or if you want to give a gift to your loved ones you can make one as a gift box.

Hope you enjoyed today's DIY project and let me know about it that how you find it, do you feel any thing missing in the tutorial, any step you want more descriptive, feel free and inquire about any problem if you feel.Contact me via Email or leave a comment here.I will try to answer your every question.Waiting for your opinions

Hi Farah! When I first looked at these flowers, I thought "how on earth did she do that?"...Your tutorial is just wonderful. You explained it all so perfectly, and your flowers are simply gorgeous! I'm going to have to try this technique. I've never seen flowers made like this before. You are so creative, and your work is just beautiful!...Love those pillows down below and the curtains too! Have a fun creative day, sweetie. =o) Paulette

My goodness! You brought back a summer of happy memories. My grandmother made stocking flowers like this, and we helped her. She also cut up old stockings into about 1" squares and used them as filler for baby pillows that she made of muslin for all the babies born in our community. This was in southern Georgia in the 1960's and 70's.Your flowers are beautiful with all the colors.Thank you!Trena

Farrah this tutorial is amazing! Thank you so much. Your DIY project is so useful and I love that you recycled the shoe box to create it with. I use different sized boxes to hold so many things in the hoouse, and this will certainly make them more beautiful to have around.Hope all is great with you. Have a lovely week!!!hugs

Hi Farah, you are amazing making these flowers. Thank you for being my newest follower, I hope you enjoy my blog. I will become your newest follower too, now. You are the first person from Pakistan to visit me.

Farrah, that is Gorgeous !!! I have really wanted to know how to make those flowers. You are SO creative and talented :) I bought a vintage lace Easter egg a few years ago with that kind of flower on it and I was dieing to know how to make some :) Here is my post http://sweetnshabbyroses.blogspot.com/2009/03/pink-saturday-march-28th-2009.html Do you see, they are just like yours ! :) Thank you so much my friend :) And thank you for the Birthday wishes :) Hugs, Rhea

Hi, I love all your crafts. I have recently started blogging and have posted stocking net flowers along with tutorials. :-)I would be more than happy to join your craft world. Please visit me at:http://craftionary.wordpress.com/

Farah, You are a true artist. I am amazed at all the different things you can do. These stocking flowers are just beautiful and can be used in so many ways. How do you think of all these beautiful things? Are the crafts passed down through your family? Love you, Ginger

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I am happily married since 22 years and have two grown up kids and
being a full time house wife has led me value certain aspects of life and through those I have learned from various fields of life.
I am Jack of all Master of none type... Love to do everything crafty, stitching, embroidery, flower arrangements, flower making, painting, and décor the home and the list goes on ……
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